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TheoriginofthewordsaboutfourseasonsMadeByGroup14SpringSPRINGWhat’syourfirstimpressiononspring?Warmweather,greengrassandtrees,colorfulflowers,freshair……Anyway,it’sfullofvigor.SpringcomesfromtheIndo-European(印欧语系)rootword“sprengh-”whichmeans“movefast”.AndtheGerman“springen”andthe“spring”inEnglishevenhavealreadybeenoutoftheiroriginalintentionandmean“jump”.Only“springa”inSwedishremainedthemeaningofrunning.SpringinoldEnglishasanoun,meanstheplacewherethewateriscomingfromtheearth.Thisdefinitionwaslaterextendedtoexpressthemeaningofsource,origin,inadditiontorising,itisasymbolofrebirth,thriving.By16thCentury,peopleused“spring”toreplacetheoriginal“Lent”(大斋节),toexpressthespring,whichisasymbolofthebeginningofalllifeinnature.大斋节，亦称齐斋节，自圣灰星期三开始至复活节前的40天，在此期间进行斋戒和忏悔SummerSUMMERAsweknow,summerisaverycommonanddailyword.Anditmeanssunny,growing-upandstruggling.Allofuslovesummer,becausewecanspendalongholidayeveryyear.Doyouknowwhattheoriginofsummeris?“Summer”comesfromtheGermanicword.AndItiswithGerman“Sommer”andDutch“Zomer”,aswellastheSwedish“sommar”arethesamesource.Ultimately,itevolvedfromtheIndo-Europeanrootword“Sem”.Autumn&FallAUTUMNFallenleavesCoolwindMellowfruitSorrow…….“Autumn”inEnglishischangedfromtheLatin“autumnus”.InoldEnglish,theseasonwascalled“harvest”.Thisusagehasbeenpopularuntil16thCentury.By16thCentury,peoplebecamegraduallyusing“autumn”toreplace“harvest”,inordertoexpressthisseason.And“harvest”justsimplyrepresentstheharvestofcrops.AUTUMNIn16thCentury,Americansbegantouse“fall”insteadof“autumn”,inordertoshowthefall.Soyoucanuseanyoneofthetwowordstodescribeitifyoulike.WinterWINTER“Winter”isborrowedfromGermanic.Thewritingof“winter”inGerman,DutchandEnglishissameandthewordingoftheSwedishandDanishis“vinter”.Itsoriginisunknown,butprobablyderivedfromtheIndo-Europeanwed-“.Anditisthemeaningofwet,therefore“water”,“wet”inEnglishheadfromit.WINTERThisargumentisthatthiswordmeanswetseason,butalsoakindofargumentisthat“winter”isconnectedwiththeIndo-Europeanword“wind”,whichiscontainedinthewhitemeaning.Fromthis,winteristheWhiteSeason.Seeyou